Volunteers

August. 16,1985      R
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.

Tom Hanks as  Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy as  Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson as  Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson as  John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe as  At Toon
George Plimpton as  Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Allan Arbus as  Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley as  Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as  Cicero
Chick Hearn as  Announcer

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